10 Facts About Yvon Dumont

Yvon Dumont, was born on January 21,1951 and is a Manitoba politician and office-holder.

Yvon Dumont became involved in the Manitoba Metis Federation in 1967, and became its director for the Interlake region in 1972.

Yvon Dumont was chosen Executive Vice-President of the Federation in 1973, and served as its President from 1984 to 1993.

Yvon Dumont has participated as a representative of the MMF at Canadian First Ministers' conference, and has been actively involved in constitutional debates concerning First Nations and Metis peoples.

Yvon Dumont has rejected the integration of Metis services into larger Indigenous institutions, expressing concern that Metis distinctiveness could be lost.

Yvon Dumont has been a municipal councillor in St Laurent, and was on the Board of Governors for the University of Manitoba.

Yvon Dumont received a Manitoba Metis Federation Award in 1993, and a National Aboriginal Achievement Award, now the Indspire Awards, in 1996.

Governor is largely ceremonial, and Yvon Dumont had very little influence over the Progressive Conservative government of Gary Filmon.

Yvon Dumont was appointed to the Order of Manitoba in 2001.

Yvon Dumont ran again for the leadership of the MMF in 2003, but was defeated by David Chartrand.